19th Century · English
Progress and Poverty
Progress and Poverty, by Henry George (1839–1897), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Other Books by Henry Georgeprose
- 02Introduction to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition of "Progress And Poverty"prose
- 03Preface to Fourth Editionprose
- 04Introductory The Problemprose
- 05Book I Wages and Capital, Chapter I The Current Doctrine of Wages—Its Insufficiencyprose
- 06Chapter II The Meaning of the Termsprose
- 07Chapter III Wages Not Drawn from Capital, but Produced by the Laborprose
- 08Chapter IV The Maintenance of Laborers Not Drawn from Capitalprose
- 09Chapter V The Real Functions of Capitalprose
- 10Book II Population and Subsistence, Chapter I The Malthusian Theory, Its Genesis and Supportprose
- 11Chapter II Inferences from Factsprose
- 12Chapter III Inferences from Analogyprose
- 13Chapter IV Disproof of the Malthusian Theoryprose
- 14Book III The Laws of Distributionprose
- 15Chapter I The Inquiry Narrowed to the Laws of Distribution—Necessary Relation of These Lawsprose
- 16Chapter II Rent and the Law of Rentprose
- 17Chapter III Of Interest and the Cause of Interestprose
- 18Chapter IV Of Spurious Capital and of Profits Often Mistaken for Interestprose
- 19Chapter V The Law of Interestprose
- 20Chapter VI Wages and the Law of Wagesprose
- 21Chapter VII The Correlation and Co-ordination of These Lawsprose
- 22Chapter VIII The Statics of the Problem Thus Explainedprose
- 23Book IV Effect of Material Progress Upon the Distribution of Wealth, Chapter I The Dynamics of the Problem Yet to Seekprose
- 24Chapter II The Effect of Increase of Population Upon the Distribution of Wealthprose
- 25Chapter III The Effect of Improvements in the Arts upon the Distribution of Wealthprose
- 26Chapter IV Effect of the Expectation Raised by Material Progressprose
- 27Book V The Problem Solved, Chapter I The Primary Cause of Recurring Paroxysms of Industrial Depressionprose
- 28Chapter II The Persistence of Poverty Amid Advancing Wealthprose
- 29Book VI The Remedy, Chapter I Insufficiency of Remedies Currently Advocatedprose
- 30I.: From Greater Economy in Governmentprose
- 31II.: From the Diffusion of Education and Improved Habits of Industry and Thriftprose
- 32III.: From Combinations of Workmenprose
- 33IV.: From Co-operationprose
- 34V.: From Governmental Direction and Interferenceprose
- 35VI.: From a More General Distribution of Landprose
- 36Chapter II The True Remedyprose
- 37Book VII Justice of The Remedy, Chapter I The Injustice of Private Property in Landprose
- 38Chapter II The Enslavement of Laborers the Ultimate Result of Private Property in Landprose
- 39Chapter III Claim of Land Owners to Compensationprose
- 40Chapter IV Property in Land Historically Consideredprose
- 41Chapter V Of Property in Land in the United Statesprose
- 42Book VIII Application of the Remedy, Chapter I Private Property in Land Inconsistent with the Best Use of Landprose
- 43Chapter II How Equal Rights to the Land May Be Asserted and Securedprose
- 44I.: The Effect of Taxes upon Productionprose
- 45II.: As to Ease and Cheapness of Collectionprose
- 46III.: As to Certaintyprose
- 47IV.: As to Equalityprose
- 48Chapter IV Indorsements and Objectionsprose
- 49Book IX Effects of the Remedy, Chapter I Of the Effect Upon the Production of Wealthprose
- 50Chapter II Of the Effect Upon Distribution and Thence Upon Productionprose
- 51Chapter III Of the Effect Upon Individuals and Classesprose
- 52Chapter IV Of the Changes That Would Be Wrought in Social Organization and Social Lifeprose
- 53Book X The Law of Human Progress, Chapter I The Current Theory of Human Progress—Its Insufficiencyprose
- 54Chapter II Differences in Civilization—To What Dueprose
- 55Chapter III The Law of Human Progressprose
- 56Chapter IV How Modern Civilization May Declineprose
- 57Chapter V The Central Truthprose
- 58Conclusion the Problem of Individual Life (2)prose